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“The Trudeau government has passed around half the number of bills as the previous government did over similar time period. What do you make of this?”

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Opinion

Is technological change a huge, dark cloud threatening to create a jobless society?

By DAVID CRANE

There is much focus these days on an innovation agenda for Canada. But innovation must apply as well to the workplace and how we ensure that all Canadians have the skills they will need to be active members of society, not marginalized and passive bystanders.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is Canada's federal minister responsible for lobbying. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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Commissioner’s report indicates much more lobbying last year

By DEREK ABMA

But data in recent months suggests the government is finding less time to meet with stakeholders.

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Opposition MPs concerned by pace of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT

The inquiry has indicated it would be asking for an extension on work, with the final deadline currently set for Dec. 31, 2018.

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Booze industry looks to Senate to axe automatic tax hikes from budget bill

By DEREK ABMA

Industry officials fear losing market share to foreign suppliers as a result of higher excise taxes.

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Trudeau could shuffle cabinet this summer, prorogue Parliament in fall, say insiders

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT, RACHEL AIELLO

Underperforming ministers could see themselves shuffled out of their portfolios in the coming months.

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‘It’s time for government to hold up their end of the bargain,’ new defence policy promises 70 per cent hike in military funding, 3,500 increase in full-time troop strength

By MARCO VIGLIOTTI

Under new policy, Canada's defence budget rise from $17.1-billion in 2016-17 to $24.6-billion in 2026-27. That will work out to $62.3-billion in new funding over 20 years, and $553-billion in total defence spending.

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    Opinion

    New security package positive, but storm clouds on horizon between House and Senate

    By SHEILA COPPS

    However, there were storm clouds gathering on the Liberal horizon last week, in relation to the showdown between the House of Commons and the Senate on who actually controls public spending powers.

    Some stars shine on the Hill, some not so much

    By CHANTAL HÉBERT

    With the House of Commons adjourning for the summer, time for a look in the rearview mirror at four leading MPs who were on their game over the first half of the parliamentary year ... and at one who was off.

      
      

    Lake Huron still preferred nuclear waste site for OPG

    By THOMAS WALKOM

    Catherine McKenna can keep asking but all she will get are the same non-answers. It is a classic standoff between a first-term minister and a canny bureaucracy. We shall see who blinks first.

    Hill Life & People

    “The Liberal government is seeking to create a new Canada Infrastructure Bank. Is this a good move? Why or why not?”

    By LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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    Status Of Government Business

    HOUSE OF COMMONS
  • S-2, Strengthening Motor Vehicle Safety for Canadians Act (second reading)
  • S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act (second reading)
  • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 (second reading)

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    The Week Ahead In Parliament

    The House of Commons and the Senate have adjourned for the summer break. The House is scheduled to resume on Monday, Sept. 18, and the Senate is scheduled to resume on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

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    Features

    Hill Life & People

    Finance Minister Morneau recruits Revenue Minister Lebouthillier’s press secretary

    By LAURA RYCKEWAERT

    Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland also has a new press secretary, while Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has bade farewell to hers.

    Hill Life & People

    Sloan, Charlotte Cardin draw crowd to Hill, and beer, good weather keep them happy

    By SHRUTI SHEKAR

    Guests sipped on Dominion City beers or handcrafted cocktails. FYI, Dominion City beers will now be sold in cans.

      

    Lobbying commish Shepherd urges for more registry transparency as she prepares to leave

    By SHRUTI SHEKAR

    Canada's outgoing Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd says there should be more disclosure for communication reports by including who the lobbyist made communication with, expanding more on the communication subject matter, and more.

    BEST BOOKS 2016

    The Hill Times’ List of The Best Books in 2016

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    What you need to know about the government’s marijuana legislation

    Vox Populi on marijuana legalization

    Canadian defence spending, at home and abroad

    Results of The Hill Times’ Terrific 25 Staffer Survey: 2016

    Annual Financial Reports of Federal Political Parties

    Energy, Environment and Climate Change Pre-Budget Consultation Recommendations:

    Canadian Clean Energy Facts

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    People are better haters than forgivers

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    Spouses of Canadians to get permanent residency immediately: McCallum

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